Welcome Home! Four astronauts returned to the world after more than two weeks living aboard international space station (ISS).
Axiom SpaceThe Fourth Mission of the ISS missions, known as AX-4, concluded early in the morning, with Excoke The Crew Dragon Capsule “Grace” drives the Pacific Ocean at California at 5:32 am EDT (0932 GMT, 2:32 AM PDT). grace Returned from ISS now (July 14) at 7:15 AM EDT (1115 GMT), starting with the 22-hour final leg of the travel crew.
On mission, AX-4 Commander Peggy WhitonA former in the astronaut and currently axiom’s director of human spaceflight, extended her record for cumulative days spent by an american in space to 695. Whitson was joined by a trio of first-time astronauts from three different countries, none of which had ever sent a citizen to the iss before.
Shubhanhhu “Shux” Shukla, who served as aX-4 pilot from India. He is a pilot of Indian Air Force and one of the four astronauts selected for Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) First human Spaceflight mission, Gaganyaananexpected sometimes at 2027.
AX-4 Mission Specialist Sławosz “Suave” Uznański-Wiśniewski, from Poland, a member of European Space AgencyThe Astronaut reserve program in Estaaa, and Tibor Kapu, a mission specialist from Hungary, a member of Hunor, Onbital’s Orbital Astronaut Program.
Axiom-4 crew:
Commander Peggy Whitons
Pilot Shubhanhu “Shux” Shukla
Visual Specivesical Sławosz “Suave” Uznański-Wiśniewski
Mission mission in Tibor Kapu
AX-4 polled On June 26th from Storied Launches complex-34a And to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew on Grace is lifted to the roof of a spacex Falcon 9 rocket and strangled in space in space a day later. Their mission is expected to last about two weeks but have been extended to four days to achieve favorable orbital phaseing on their return.
While aboard ISS, AX-4 crew has carried out a record of scientific science and public events. Of contributions from a total of 31 different countries, completed AX-4 astronauts over 60 technology experiments – more than any previous axiom mission.
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AX-4 diffusion this morning follows about 22.5 hours in orbit after their departure from ISS. After almost a day flying their back to the tilong, the last minutes of the crew before the splashdown has not passed.
Grace began the atmospheric offspring of 5:18 AM EDT (0918 GMT; Local, 2:18 AM PT). The char of the unforgivable layers of the soil at the ground, the parachutes in the spacecraft is placed to strengthen its plummet. Shortly after, the four main dragon chutes unfolded to slow down the capsule evening.
The WASAY-4 spacecraft running in the Pacific Ocean at California, where it was met with the Spacex Dragon Recovery Vessel “Shannon.” Once the “Shannon,” The AX-4 crew is being damaged by grace to start acclimating gravity on the ground.
This is the second repair of the West Coast Code of Spacex, after the Crew-9 mission of issues falling in the past March. Spacex moves permanent Cavefecracies in the Pacific Sea Spacecraft to prevent possible moments of the dragon’s strips Sets atmosphere reenry and crash back to the ground, reported to some Atlantic seas and the Gulf returned.
The empty station of the port space left behind after AX-4 unit does not stay for a long time. The next astronauts launches are ispaed for the test Not early in July 31. That mission, the crew-11 of the Spacex will launch a crew rotation for NASA expected to last between six and eight months.
